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Great question as I would like to know as well. I assume if your infected or hacked WSA will protect you with it's Identity Shield but can't say for sure? @LLiddell@DanP might find out for us and let us know? It's not talked about much so again it's a great question!

@TripleHelix wrote:Great question as I would like to know as well. I assume if your infected or hacked WSA will protect you with it's Identity Shield but can't say for sure? @LLiddell@DanP might find out for us and let us know? It's not talked about much so again it's a great question!

Thanks,

We do not protect the Webcam specifically. We do block, detect, and remove malware that can include functionality to hijack the Webcam.

A piece of tape over your webcam is a simple solution. You can also purchase specialized stickers or a slider-type webcam protector.

I read your response saying that Webroot doesn't monitor the Webcam specifically, but rather monitors malware that would target the Webcam.
Can I safely assume that will essentially do the same thing as monitoring the actual webcam just with less resources?

With what you said, can hackers only attack your Webcam with malware? (assuming they don't have physical access to your computer).

I read your response saying that Webroot doesn't monitor the Webcam specifically, but rather monitors malware that would target the Webcam.Can I safely assume that will essentially do the same thing as monitoring the actual webcam just with less resources?

With what you said, can hackers only attack your Webcam with malware? (assuming they don't have physical access to your computer).

Thanks.

Generally, for an attacker to access the webcam on your computer, they would need access through malware, or a Remote Access Tool or Monitoring tool of some sort which we would detect. In this way, we do protect the webcam.

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